Yawl

  • 21yawl — ► NOUN ▪ a two masted fore and aft rigged sailing boat with the mizzenmast stepped far aft so that the mizzen boom overhangs the stern. ORIGIN from Low German jolle or Dutch jol …

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  • 22yawl — yawl1 [yôl] n. [< MLowG jolle or Du jol] 1. Archaic a ship s boat; jolly boat 2. a small, two masted sailing vessel similar to a ketch but with the mizzenmast located aft of the rudderpost yawl2 [yôl] vi., n. Brit. dial. var. of YOWL …

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  • 23Yawl — A yawl (from Dutch Jol ) is a two masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mizzen mast well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom. A small mizzen sail is hoisted on the mizzen mast.The yawl was… …

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  • 24Yawl — eine Yawl Die Yawl (von niederl. Jol) ist ein Segelboot, sie ähnelt der Ketsch, nur steht hier der Besanmast, der auch Treibermast genannt wird, außerhalb der (Konstruktions )Wasserlinie und ist in der Regel deutlich kürzer (max. 50 % des… …

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  • 25yawl — yawl1 /yawl/, n. 1. a ship s small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six. 2. a two masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost. Cf. ketch. [1660 70; < D jol&#8230; …

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  • 26yawl — UK [jɔːl] / US [jɔl] noun [countable] Word forms yawl : singular yawl plural yawls a boat with two sails, one at the front and the other at the back …

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  • 27Yawl — Lystfartøj. Tidligere blev ordet yawl brugt om et mindre fiskefartøj med to master. Den mindste mast sad agter for roret …

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  • 28yawl — /jɔl / (say yawl) noun 1. a fore and aft rigged vessel with a large mainmast forward and a much smaller mast set far aft, usually abaft the rudderpost. 2. Obsolete a jolly boat. Compare ketch. {Dutch jol kind of boat; origin unknown} …

  • 29Yawl (Informatik) — Yawl ist die Bezeichnung einer Prozessmodellierungssprache und gleichzeitig ein Akronym mit der Bedeutung Yet Another Workflow Language. Teile des Yawl Software Framework wurden unter der Apache Software License und der GNU Lesser General Public&#8230; …

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  • 30Yawl-rigged — a. (Naut.) Having two masts with fore and aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster] …

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